Several editorial buildings and party branches have become the target of poster campaigns to which the right-wing identity movement on the Internet has become known. The Berlin police then identified three suspects: The two men and one woman at the age of 24, 27 and 31 years old are activists of a "known movement," she said. In addition, the used in the action transporter could be found.
On Monday, the daily newspaper ("taz"), the headquarters of the SPD and the Greens and the ARD capital office were hit in Berlin. This was confirmed by the police and a spokesman for the Greens. According to his own account, the Identitarian Movement wanted to protest against an alleged trivialisation of left-wing violence. Photos of the grouping on Twitter are to show according to their statements and actions in other cities.
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) leads the Identitarian Movement as a suspicion of right-wing suspicion. According to the BfV, individual members are known to have contacts in the right-wing extremist scene. Also, some leadership activists previously belonged to far-right organizations.
The Berlin police went on Monday from a concerted, politically motivated action. The state security checks whether there is a connection in the acts, as well as the credibility of the confession of the Identitarian movement, said a spokesman. In Frankfurt am Main police officers prevented a poster campaign of the Identitarian Movement at the editorial office of the "Frankfurter Rundschau", as a police spokeswoman said. Here too, the state protection determines.
Poster with picture of Frank Magnitz
According to the police, six to seven people in Berlin were to place posters at the "taz" house and distribute leaflets; one employee should have been harassed. The state protection determine because of trespassing, dangerous bodily injury and a possible political background, said a police spokeswoman. The "taz" According to the group tried to hang a poster with a photo of the injured Bremen AFD country chief Frank Magnitz. According to the police, a short time later, unknown persons gathered outside the SPD headquarters and also posted posters there.
In Frankfurt officials inspected a total of eight people, just before the actual action should start, it was said. It is being investigated on suspicion of violating the assembly law, the police spokeswoman said.
Mayor Müller: "Attack on parties and media"
The German Journalists Union (dju) condemned the actions. "This concerted attack shows just how threatening the situation has become for colleagues," Cornelia Berger, the union's executive secretary, said. Berlin's Mayor Michael Müller (SPD) said that "this nationwide attack on parties and media" shows that the identities of the parties and the free and critical reporting media are a thorn in the side.
The Identitarian Movement with French roots has also been active in Germany since 2012. It turns against alleged "multi-cultural delusion", "uncontrolled mass immigration" and the "loss of one's identity through alienation". According to the Conservation Report 2017, the group has about 500 members in this country.